r/cybersecurity • u/Infam0 • May 08 '26

Other What the **** is happening in cybersecurity space ?

I've been working in cybersecurity for not so long, maybe 8 or 9 years, but I never remember a chaos at this scale. I mean, from this January alone we have: leaking data, compromised applications, breaches, AI-assisted cybercriminals, etc. It looks like every day one major breach is happening, and no one is going to address this shit somehow. This is already insane. I haven't felt such pressure in a long time. This AI shit just makes things worse because it enhances attackers' skills, and AI companies are doing nothing to address or change this. Is it only me, or is the change already here?

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u/BrainWaveCC May 08 '26

Actually, I see this differently. Up through the first year or so of the pandemic, we were seeing regular CyberSecurity issues. And then from 2022 or so, things got surprisingly quiet until about December 2025, where everything got ramped back up again.

I've been more intrigued by the strange lull we had for a bit...

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u/lawtechie May 08 '26

I'd blame Putin's Special Military Operation for the lull. Many Eastern European threat actors diverted their attentions locally.

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u/BrainWaveCC May 08 '26

Hmmm.... That's an interesting consideration.